Today's News

SANTA CLAUS—Logan Bolin shot a 13-over-par 85 to lead Tell City to seventh place in the nine-team PAC boys golf tourney Saturday.
Heritage Hills shot 309 to repeat as team champion. Tell City shot 377.
Matthew Watts was Tell City’s second leading scorer with an 89. Grant Bolin shot 101, and Seth Ward and Nathan Wood tied for the team’s fourth scorer at 102.
Logan Bolin shot a career best 39 on the back nine. Wood also shot a career best 42 on the back nine.

TELL CITY – Ariel Etienne, a student at Tell City Junior-Senior High School, was one of a select group of students who attended the March Molecular Medicine In Action program at Indiana University School of Medicine.

This year 50 of Indiana’s best high-school science students were selected – from 220 applicants – for the two-day program, during which they worked alongside top research scientists learning hands-on laboratory techniques used in modem biomedical research.

RAMSEY—Josalyn Ress threw a one-hitter as Tell City beat North Harrison 2-0 in girls softball Saturday.
Ress struck out 11 and walked two, and her teammates backed her with errorless defense.
Tell City had just three hits—all singles—but scored a run without a hit in the second inning.
Stori Beard reached base on an error by the left fielder and Miranda Zuelly reached on an error by the pitcher.
Beard came around to score on a passed ball and a wild pitch.

A track and field day was held May 4 at Legion Field for Glory Bees Preschool students. Children enjoyed a fun day of running races, participating in the long jump and a softball throwing contest. All students were rewarded for their success with medals and ribbons. The events ended with students and their family members taking a lap around the track.

NEW HARMONY—Cannelton amassed 13 hits, including three inside-the-park home runs to crush Christian Academy 15-0 in the first round of a four-team girls softball tourney Saturday.
Allicyn Garrett, Taylor Lawalin and Tori Wade hit the home runs for the Bulldogs, all in a five-run second inning.
Garrett went 2 for 3 and drove in four runs. Lawalin went 2 for 4 and drove in three runs, and Payton Reed and Sammie James each also had two hits.
Mikah Hemmings and James each drove in two runs.

LEOPOLD—Morgan Gibson went 4 for 4 and drove in three runs as Perry Central trounced West Washington 14-4 in PLAC girls softball Saturday.
Gibson hit two doubles and stole two bases.
Brittany Overstreet and Kristi Brumfield each added a two-run double and Heather Hendricks also drove in two runs.
Tessa Lynch and Kayla Carter also hit doubles.
Perry Central batters struck out only two times and drew seven walks.
“Our hitting has come a long way,” said Perry Central Coach Mark Rothgerber.

TELL CITY – Tell City Junior-Senior High School will host a senior awards program at 1 p.m. Sunday in the school’s auditorium.
In addition to awarding all scholarships, other prestigious honors will be presented.
All graduates and their families, along with community members, students and staff are invited and encouraged to attend this important event.
Some of the awards are confidential until announced at the program; therefore, students who may not be expecting an award still might receive one.

INDIANAPOLIS—Tell City drew a coveted first-round bye in baseball sectional pairings drawn by the IHSAA Tuesday.
The Marksmen will host their Class 2A sectional and will play Mater Dei in the second semifinal game 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 30.
Perry Central will play South Spencer in the first round of the six-team sectional 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26, after North Posey faces Forest Park in the first game at 5 p.m.
The winners of those two first-round games will meet in the first semifinal game 10 a.m. Monday, May 30.

LEOPOLD – Perry Central Elementary School recently named their Up in One, Down in None students. The Captains Club rewarded students who raised at least one grade without letting any others fall, as well as any straight A students, with a pizza party.

LEOPOLD—Perry Central pounded out 13 hits to beat West Washington 5-4 in PLAC baseball Saturday.
Kyle Troesch went 2 for 3 with two RBIs, including driving in the Commodores’ last run that gave them the lead for good in the fifth inning.
Lucas Bryant, Derek Thomas, Stephen Hayes, Tanner Cassidy and Colt Brown each also had two hits.
Thomas and Brown each drove in one run.
“We did a pretty good job of scoring the guys that got on base,” said Perry Central Coach Phil Zellers.